Sentences with phrase «of breaches of the ministerial code»

If he thinks there has been a prima facie case of a breach of the ministerial code, it should go straight to the independent adviser.»

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A list of 13 MPs facing harassment allegations has been circulating at Westminster, according to The Daily Telegraph and the Prime Minister ordered a Cabinet Office inquiry into whether Mr Garnier breached the ministerial code.

He is reporting that the Prime Minister's office is rejecting claims Barnaby Joyce breached the ministerial code of conduct when his lover was employed by fellow MPs, arguing Vikki Campion could not be considered the Deputy Prime Minister's «partner» at the time.

Regardless, before the day was out Theresa May had announced there would be an investigation into whether Garnier's actions amounted to a breach of the ministerial code.

Although he acknowledged his mistake, he had to face the Commons just 10 days later and resign, for a serious breach of the ministerial code.

In addition, he backed the creation of a new independent body to oversee the ministerial code of conduct and investigate alleged breaches - currently, only Tony Blair can order a probe into his ministers» behaviour.

«It is not acceptable that these rules have been broken and we will call a vote insisting that Jeremy Hunt's breaches of the code are referred to the independent adviser on ministerial interests

«PASC has previously made clear that the prime minister's adviser on ministerial interests should not have to depend on a referral from the prime minister in order to determine whether or not there has been a breach of the ministerial code,» he said.

Critics are observing that Mr Cameron may not be the most impartial judge of the situation, after the PM made clear he believed Mr Hunt had not breached the ministerial code.

Heywood found Green had twice breached the ministerial code, because his misleading comments had fallen short of the «seven principles of public life», one of which is honesty.

That was a breach of the ministerial code.

Although the inquiry by Sue Gray, the director general of the propriety and ethics team, found Maltby to be «plausible», Gray found one breach of the ministerial code — his outright denials when a Sunday newspaper reported that pornography had been found on his computer.

The Prime Minister accepts it was a minor breach of the ministerial code and calls Baroness Warsi «a great asset».

Continuing to chair the group as it put pressure on the government he was concurrently a member of contravenes the ministerial code, although a government spokesperson has told openDemocracy that they do not view it as a breach.

MPs» expense data going back to 2010 shows that a number of Tory MPs have paid subscriptions to the ERG whilst holding ministerial office: an activity which appears to breach the ministerial code's rules on conflict of interest.

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, said the meeting appeared to be a breach of the ministerial code.

Cameron did not call upon Mawer, even though he was appointed to offer independent advice on possible breaches of ministerial codes.

Fox apologised to MPs after Sir Gus O'Donnell ruled that he was guilty of multiple breaches of the ministerial code for a «blurring of lines» between his official and private responsibilities.

Green was ruled to have twice breached the ministerial code, because his misleading comments had fallen short of the «seven principles of public life», one of which is honesty.

Two Labour members of the committee have called for the prime minister to be investigated for breaching the ministerial code by ignoring Mawer.

Heywood found that Green had breached the ministerial code twice, because his misleading comments had fallen short of the «seven principles of public life», one of which is honesty.

Indeed, I think it was almost certainly a breach of the ministerial code that he was not employed,» he said.

«For me what was important was obviously the cabinet secretary's report, which was endorsed by Sir Alex Allan, was clear that there had been breaches of the ministerial code.

As allegations that Fox had breached the ministerial code mounted — it was alleged that Werritty was improperly using business cards claiming he was an adviser to Fox, and had gained access to high - level meetings — an inquiry was launched by the Ministry of Defence's permanent secretary and by the then cabinet secretary, Gus O'Donnell.

Peter Hain has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code over donations to his deputy Labour leadership campaign.

Labour is accusing Mr Hunt of three specific breaches of the ministerial code: failing to take responsibility for the behaviour of a social adviser, failing to provide «accurate and truthful» information to parliament and giving advance details of a parliamentary statement to News Corp before the Commons had been informed.

Mr Miliband cited three breaches of the ministerial code by Mr Hunt when his office engaged in communications with News Corp during its bid for BSkyB.

15:46 - Murphy cites several clauses of the ministerial code that have been breached, His reluctant tone makes the attack more effective.

That the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should investigate breaches of the ministerial code.

But for lying about the presence of porn on a parliamentary computer in his office — a breach of the ministerial code.

There is more than enough evidence to warrant an investigation into a possible breach of the ministerial code or a potential misleading of Parliament and, if it was enough to refer Warsi for investigation on the mere whisper of a scandal, then after the wave of texts, emails, phonecalls and the resignation of a special adviser whose conduct he was responsible for, surely Hunt, too, should have been referred?

Separately, Mann has written to Sir Philip Mawer, the independent adviser on ministerial interests, demanding he launch an investigation into Howarth's meeting with Crouch and Werritty, to establish whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code.

No civil servants were present at the meeting — an apparent breach of the ministerial code.